Bricked and Windows 8.1 Lumia 520/521 devices and problems receive fix from Microsoft

By Staff Writer

Apr 22, 2015 09:59 AM EDT

Lumia 520/521 users previously reported bricked devices when trying to revert to Windows 8.1 after updating to Windows 10 Technical Preview. This led Microsoft to pause the roll out of the build to these devices. However, this is now fixed as Microsoft resumed the release of the Windows 10 Technical Preview builds.

The cause of the problem was due to some devices having "trouble accepting the recovery image data being flashed. The blocks of data were too large for some devices to handle, and the memory on the device was having trouble with the speed at which the data was being written. In short, devices were getting too much data, too quickly. This would cause the failure as the new software is corrupted."

To fix the issue, Microsoft made two key changes, "We will be lowering the size of the data blocks being fed to the device during recovery (lowering from 2MB down to 128kB), and we will also be slowing down the data writing speed (from 8MB/sec to 5 MB/sec)."

The testing is said to have showed "promising results from these changes." Microsofit also said that the company will turn the update path back on for these devices "once we're confident in the results."

Now, this was confirmed through the response of Microsoft Insider Program head Gabriel Aul to a query by a Lumia 525 user. A user was asking in Twitter about the rollout status of the Windows 10 Technical Preview build. Here's what Gabriel Aul said:

Based on Aul's statement, users can expect that the Windows 10 Technical Preview (build number 10051) for Lumia devices is now rid of issues once it gets rolled out. He also gave a hint that non-Lumia Windows Phone users will have the opportunity to download the Windows 10 for Phones. But, he did not give additional details especially the roll out date of the Technical Preview.

This is bound to happen any time soon as a Xiaomi Mi4 was previously seen running a Windows 10 OS.

For a refresher, Phone Arena showed the list of eligible phones for the Windows 10 Technical Preview:

  • Microsoft Lumia 430
  • Microsoft Lumia 435 (dual SIM version included)
  • Nokia Lumia 520
  • Nokia Lumia 525
  • Nokia Lumia 526
  • Nokia Lumia 530 (dual SIM version included)
  • Microsoft Lumia 532 (dual SIM version included)
  • Microsoft Lumia 535 (dual SIM version included)
  • Nokia Lumia 620
  • Nokia Lumia 625
  • Nokia Lumia 630 (dual SIM version included)
  • Nokia Lumia 635
  • Nokia Lumia 636
  • Nokia Lumia 638
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM
  • Nokia Lumia 720
  • Nokia Lumia 730 (dual SIM version included)
  • Nokia Lumia 735
  • Nokia Lumia 810
  • Nokia Lumia 820
  • Nokia Lumia 822
  • Nokia Lumia 830
  • Nokia Lumia 920
  • Nokia Lumia 925
  • Nokia Lumia 928
  • Nokia Lumia 1020
  • Nokia Lumia 1320
  • Nokia Lumia 1520

© 2024 VCPOST, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.

Join the Conversation

Real Time Analytics